“The” West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases Used in the West of Somerset and East Devon, Volume 13; Volume 17Trübner, 1886 - 876 pages |
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... night , eens Mrs. Jones to shop was dead to last , and they zess how her keept on to work to her lace - making up home to her death , to the very least dree hours a day . Jones , he was to skittles in to Half Moon hon her died ; he don ...
... night , eens Mrs. Jones to shop was dead to last , and they zess how her keept on to work to her lace - making up home to her death , to the very least dree hours a day . Jones , he was to skittles in to Half Moon hon her died ; he don ...
Page xxx
... points of time , we perhaps use on , though contracted to a mere breathing . Your boots ' ll be a dood a Zadurday night , would be our regular form ; but occasionally such an expression might be heard as " XXX INTRODUCTION .
... points of time , we perhaps use on , though contracted to a mere breathing . Your boots ' ll be a dood a Zadurday night , would be our regular form ; but occasionally such an expression might be heard as " XXX INTRODUCTION .
Page xxxix
... night ; but with afternoon in a past sentence we use this , or rather ' s . Hence we should say I went to zee un ' sarternoon , and I'll call in again to - marra l'arternoon . The butcher's comin ' to kill the pig a Vriday t'arternoon ...
... night ; but with afternoon in a past sentence we use this , or rather ' s . Hence we should say I went to zee un ' sarternoon , and I'll call in again to - marra l'arternoon . The butcher's comin ' to kill the pig a Vriday t'arternoon ...
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... night . On the other hand it would be said : [ Dhai ad - n u - duund haun aay kaum , ] they had not done , i . e . finished , when I arrived . ADVANCE [ udvaans ] , reflective v . oneself forward in an intrusive manner . Used in the ...
... night . On the other hand it would be said : [ Dhai ad - n u - duund haun aay kaum , ] they had not done , i . e . finished , when I arrived . ADVANCE [ udvaans ] , reflective v . oneself forward in an intrusive manner . Used in the ...
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... night . 2. Against , in violent contact with . [ Ee droa vd au'p ugún dhu geerut , ] he drove against the gate . See GIN . AGO [ ugèo , ugoo ' ] , past part . of to go = gone . It is strange the dialect should have so completely kept ...
... night . 2. Against , in violent contact with . [ Ee droa vd au'p ugún dhu geerut , ] he drove against the gate . See GIN . AGO [ ugèo , ugoo ' ] , past part . of to go = gone . It is strange the dialect should have so completely kept ...
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